EP0209532B1 - Apparatus for heating charging material - Google Patents

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EP0209532B1
EP0209532B1 EP86900100A EP86900100A EP0209532B1 EP 0209532 B1 EP0209532 B1 EP 0209532B1 EP 86900100 A EP86900100 A EP 86900100A EP 86900100 A EP86900100 A EP 86900100A EP 0209532 B1 EP0209532 B1 EP 0209532B1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
    • C21C5/56—Manufacture of steel by other methods
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D13/00—Apparatus for preheating charges; Arrangements for preheating charges
    • F27D13/002—Preheating scrap
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
    • C21C5/56—Manufacture of steel by other methods
    • C21C5/562—Manufacture of steel by other methods starting from scrap
    • C21C5/565—Preheating of scrap
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
    • Y02P10/20—Recycling
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S266/00—Metallurgical apparatus
    • Y10S266/901—Scrap metal preheating or melting

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for heating charging material, in particular metal scrap, by a heating gas, in particular hot waste gas from a smelting or refining unit, comprising a charging material pre-heater in the form of a container for receiving the charging material to he heated up, which has a closable bottom opening for emptying the container, a removable cover for introducing the charging material into the container and a lower and an upper opening for introducing and removing the heating gas, wherein the interior of the container is divided by a grid which falls away in an inclined position towards the bottom opening, into a receiving space for the charging material and a free lower annular space into which the lower opening for the heating gas opens.
  • US patent specification No 2 805 143 discloses recycling a portion of the heating gas which has passed through the charging material preheater and cooled down in heat exchange relationship with the charging material, and mixing it with the hot gas at the intake side of the charging material preheater. That procedure reduces the temperature of the gas so that overheating of the charging material can no longer occur. However, when the temperature of the heating gas which is introduced into the charging material preheater is reduced, the heating time is increased in length, together with a reduction in the mean temperature to which the charging material in the charging material preheater can be heated.
  • German published specification (DE-AS) No. 2 302 012 discloses a process for preheating scrap by heating it with combustion gases in at least two heat-insulated containers, wherein the combustion gases are generated under the heating cover of the first container and are then passed through the further containers which are disposed downstream thereof; in that process, in the periodic feeding of a container, the heating gas is alternately supplied from above and from below. In the last heating stage, that is to say, before the container is passed to the smelting furnace, heating gas only ever passes therethrough in one direction so that, in relation to long flow paths, a substantial temperature difference between the heating gas intake side and discharge side is inevitable.
  • German laid-open application (DE-OS) No. 3 038 515 the attempt is made to provide for uniform heating of all the material which is to be heated up, and a reduction in pressure drops, by virtue of the hot gases being passed through the charging material in such a way that the gases are distributed over the cross-section thereof.
  • a plurality of passages extending in a vertical direction which each have orifices for communicating the passages with the interior of the preheater in a radial, direction, while there is a vertical passage in the middle of the preheater.
  • the interior of the container of the charging material preheater is subdivided by a grid which falls away in an inclined position towards the bottom opening, into a receiving space for the charging material and into a free lower annular space which is connected to a heating gas conduit for feeding the heating gas thereto.
  • the bottom opening is closed by two flaps which can be pivoted away and which are also formed as gas-pervious grids.
  • the charging material preheater prefferably be set down on a support foundation, by means of a lifting apparatus, prior to the operation of introducing the charging material, in order thereby to ensure that the bottom closure which is formed by the pivotally openable grids is not subjected to an excessive mechanical loading by virtue of the downwardly falling charging material impinging thereon.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus of the kind set forth in the classifying portion of claim 1, which, while being of a simple construction and easy to operate, permits uniform heating of the charging material to a higher mean temperature value, without local overheating.
  • the invention seeks to ensure a uniform flow of gas through the charging material in the preheater, with short flow paths.
  • the invention further seeks to provide that the bottom closure is such that, without additional measures, it can withstand the impingement thereon of the downwardly falling charging material, when the container is being charged therewith.
  • the invention also seeks to make it possible, by means of simple additional steps, for the region of the charging material at the gas discharge side to be heated to the same temperature as at the gas intake side so that the charging material contained in the preheater can be heated up even more uniformly and to an even higher mean temperature value, without local overheating.
  • the invention seeks to provide that it is possible to achieve simple temperature control in respect of the heating gas, when using hot waste gases from a smelting unit or the like as the heating gas.
  • a hollow cylinder which can be raised and lowered and which is of the configuration corresponding to the features set forth in claim 1 forms, in the container, an annular receiving space for the charging material to be heated, and the fact that the hollow cylinder is incorporated into the heating gas flow path guarantees short flow paths and a uniform flow of gas through the charging material.
  • a heating gas conduit can be selectively connected to the lower or the upper opening and the respective other opening can be communicated with a waste gas conduit. That arrangement provides a further improvement in regard to the aim that the invention seeks to achieve, of heating up the charging material contained in the preheater in a more uniform fashion and to a higher mean temperature value without local overheating. More specifically, by periodically reversing the direction of flow at suitable intervals of time, preferably at intervals of about 5 minutes, the intake side and the discharge side of the hot gases which flow through the charging material can be interchanged so that the charging material can be heated to a uniformly high temperature in both regions, without local overheating.
  • heating of the charging material may be controlled in the optimum fashion if the waste gases are passed by way of a processing chamber in which they are heated or cooled for the purposes of temperature control, before being passed through the charging material.
  • the apparatus illustrated in Figure 1 includes a charging material preheater 1 in the form of a container 2 for receiving the charging material 3 which is to be heated up by means of a heating gas.
  • the charging material is preferably steel scrap which is to be charged into a smelting furnace (not shown) and smelted therein.
  • the waste gases from the smelting furnace are preferably used as the heating gases.
  • the container 2 of the charging material preheater 1 which, in the illustrated embodiment as shown in Figure 2, is round in cross-section, includes a closable bottom opening 4 for the purposes of emptying the container 2, as well as a removable cover 5 for introducing the charging material into the container 2.
  • the interior of the container is divided by a grid 6 which falls away in an inclined configuration towards the bottom opening 4, into a receiving space 7 for the charging material and a free lower annular space 8 into which a lower opening 9 for the heating gas opens.
  • An upper opening 10 for the heating gas communicates with the receiving space 7, more specifically an upper annular space 11 which is formed between the charging material 3 and the cover 5 and which forms a part of the receiving space 7.
  • an axially displaceable hollow cylinder 13 Disposed at a central position in the container 2 is an axially displaceable hollow cylinder 13 which passes through the cover 5 and which is closed at its lower end by a lower closure plate 12. As shown in Figure 1, the hollow cylinder 13 closes the bottom opening 4 in the lowered position thereof while in its raised position it opens the bottom opening for the purposes of emptying the container 2. The upward and downward movement of the hollow cylinder 13 is indicated by the double-headed arrow 14.
  • the hollow cylinder 13 is not only closed by a lower closure plate 12 at its lower end, but also by an upper closure plate 15 which is disposed in the upper region thereof.
  • an upper closure plate 15 which is disposed in the upper region thereof.
  • the displaceable hollow cylinder in its lower region the displaceable hollow cylinder has a plurality of gas orifices 16 which are distributed around its periphery, while in the region of the upper annular space 11 it has at least one gas through-flow opening 17.
  • the hollow cylinder has a plurality of such gas through-flow openings 17, distributed over its periphery.
  • the grid 6 is formed by downwardly tapering annular members 6a, 6b and 6c.
  • the inner edge region of the outer annular member 6b overlaps the outer edge region of the inner annular member 6c and is disposed at a spacing from and above the outer edge region of the inner annular member 6c, thereby forming an annular gap 6d. That arrangement ensures that no pieces of the charging material become caught in the annular gaps 6d.
  • the gas orifices 16 are also of such a configuration that the respective opening of each thereof is screened from the flow of material in the receiving space 7 of the container 2, by the respective edge disposed above that opening.
  • annular members 6a, 6b and 6c are in the form of frustoconical surfaces; they each need to extend only over a respective portion of the periphery.
  • the grid 6 may also be of a different construction.
  • the important consideration is that the gas is introduced into or removed from the charging material in as uniform a fashion as possible. That aim is also served by the tangential arrangement of the connections 18 and 19 for the heating gas, which are provided on the container 2, at the lower opening 9 and the upper opening 10 respectively of the container (see Figure 2).
  • a supply container 21 Disposed above the cover 5 of the container 2 is a supply container 21 for accommodating a charge 20.
  • the bottom 21 a of the supply container 21 is formed in one piece with the cover 5 of the container 2, that is to say, at the same time the bottom 21 a forms the cover of the container 2.
  • the cover and the supply container are subdivided into two horizontally displaceable portions 21/1 and 21/2.
  • the charge 20 in the supply container 21 may be conveyed into the container 2.
  • the bottom 21 a of the supply container 21 is of such a configuration that it drops away in an inclined fashion towards the centre.
  • the hollow cylinder 13 also passes through the supply container 21, as can be seen from Figure 1.
  • the supply container 21 is open upwardly.
  • a heating gas conduit 22 for carrying the heating gas is connected by way of a first pipe portion 23 to the lower opening 9 and by way of a second pipe portion 24 to the upper opening 10 of the container 2.
  • a waste gas conduit 27 is connected by way of a third pipe portion 25 to the lower opening 9 of the container 2, and by way of a fourth pipe portion 26 to the upper opening 10 of the container 2.
  • Each of the pipe portions 23 through 26 can be opened or closed, in regard to a flow of gas therethrough, by a respective slider 28 through 31. In the position shown in Figure 1, the sliders 28 and 31 are opened and the sliders 29 and 30 are closed.
  • the heating gas used is formed by the waste gas from a smelting or refining unit. In that case it may be desired to control the temperature and the composition of the gas.
  • a processing chamber 33 into which opens a nozzle 34 which preferably comprises a plurality of concentric pipes and which serves as a burner, for introducing oxygen or a cooling gas.
  • the heating gas which is adjusted to the desired temperature in the chamber 33 leaves the chamber 33 by way of the heating gas conduit 22.
  • the processing chamber 33 is also connected to the waste gas conduit 27 by way of a gas outlet 36 which can be closed off by a slider 35.
  • the sliders 28 and 31 in the conduit portions 23 and 26 are opened and the sliders 29 and 30 in the conduit portions 24 and 25 are closed.
  • the slider 35 is also closed.
  • the heating gas which is supplied tangentially by way of the heating gas conduit 22 flows tangentially into the free lower annular space 8 and from there through the annular gaps 6d into the charging material 3.
  • a part of the heating gas which is introduced into the material in that way flows through the charging material 3 substantially in a radial direction, in the lower region of the receiving space 7, and passes through the gas orifices 16 into the hollow cylinder 13 from where it passes by way of the upper gas through-flow opening 17 into the upper annular space 11 formed between the charging material and the cover 5.
  • a further portion of the heating gas introduced into the charging material 3 flows upwardly from below through the charging material and passes directly into the upper annular space 11.
  • the heating gas continuously gives off its sensible heat and is then removed from the upper annular space 11, by way of the upper opening 10, through the waste gas conduit 27.
  • the charging material 3 is heated to a greater degree at the heating gas intake side than at the discharge side.
  • the heating gas is passed through the charging material in the opposite direction by closure of the sliders 28 and 31 and opening of the sliders 29 and 30 so that the maximum amunt of thermal energy is now supplied to the regions which were heated up to the lowest degree in the preceding step.
  • the processing chamber 33 and the nozzle 34 make it possible for the temperature and composition of the heating gas which is fed to the charging material preheater 1 to be controlled in the desired fashion. If for example the temperature of the waste gas which is supplied by way of the conduit 32 from a smelting furnace or the like is excessively low, then further energy can be supplied by way of the burner 34 so that the temperature of the heating gas can be increased. If the gas which is introduced into the processing chamber 33 by way of the conduit 32 still contains combustible constituents, then they may be burnt by introducing oxygen or air by way of the nozzle 34, thus being utilised in order to save energy.
  • Cooling air may be used as the coling gas if the gas which is to be cooled down does not have any cumbustible constituents or only an immaterial amount thereof.
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AT86900100T ATE41174T1 (de) 1984-12-22 1985-12-02 Vorrichtung zum vorwaermen von beschickungsgut.

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DE3447267A DE3447267C2 (de) 1984-12-22 1984-12-22 Vorrichtung zum Erhitzen von Chargiergut
DE3447267 1984-12-22

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SU (1) SU1428210A3 (ko)
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KR870700101A (ko) 1987-02-28
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ATE41174T1 (de) 1989-03-15
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